· Private foundation
Ira and Edgra Ringler Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $90k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $31k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF THE CEELI INSTITUTE | $10,500 |
| ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE | $10,000 |
| ARTS EVERY DAY | $10,000 |
| TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND | $9,000 |
| WOMENS FOUNDATION OF BOSTON | $9,000 |
| ERIN LEVITAS FOUNDATION | $9,000 |
| JEFFY'S FIELD FUND CO THE COMMUNITY FDN OF FREDERICK COUNTY | $8,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL KEEPER | $8,000 |
| LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY | $8,000 |
| CASA MARYLAND | $6,500 |
| PUBLIC MEDIA BRIDGE FUND | $5,000 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER | $4,500 |
| GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY | $4,500 |
| MINORITIES IN AQUACULTURE | $4,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of Ira and Edgra Ringler Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SBSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC6× · 2020–2025 · $34k · revenue +43%
- WFWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC4× · 2022–2025 · $33k · revenue +123%
- TLTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY5× · 2021–2025 · $32k · revenue +86%
Funded once
- FFFUND FOR EDUCATION EXCELLENCE EMERGENCY SCHOOL CLOSURE FUND- TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2020 · $20k
- MFMAUI FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES INCone grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +5%
- BBBALTIMORE BAR FOUNDATION COURTING ARTone grant, 2021 · $6k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…
The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…
The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…
Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.
Coastal bend bays & estuaries program is dedicated to protecting and restoring bays and estuaries of the texas coastal bend. coastal bend bays and estuaries remain a vital part of the environmental and economic landscape by preserving and…
The mission of the coalition to restore coastal louisiana (crcl) is to unite people in action to achieve a thriving, sustainable louisiana coast for all.
The institute is dedicated to scientific research, the results of which are used to promote public awareness and education in the areas of conservation biology and ecology,including the wise use of natural resources.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
To advance conservation governance through political will and to provide "on the ground" solutions to ensure sustained economic benefits while managing the earth's natural resource wealth for future generations.
The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.
How this is measured
19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CEELI INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ERIN MICHELE LEVITAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MINORITIES IN AQUACULTURE ↗
- Who funds ARTS EVERY DAY INC ↗
- Who funds MAUI FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE CHAMBER MUSIC INC T/A CHESAPEAKE MUSIC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER ↗
- Who funds GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds CASA INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PAUL'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Emmett Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · The Osherenko-Young Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Marin Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ira and Edgra Ringler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ira and Edgra Ringler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
- Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
- Public Justice Center Inc: 5% of income from government
- Arts Every Day Inc: 4% of income from government
- Chesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/a Chesapeake Music: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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